Squaring the Circle

Squaring the Circle

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

DM Entry: Victory over the Crimson Fleet Invasion

The Crimson Fleet pirates are defeated with moderate damage and loss of life to Farshore and its allies. Two unscuttled enemy ships are captured and taken as prizes (Brine Harlot and Stygian Shark), the other three ships escape. Farshore's population is reduced from 240 to 199. Farshore's assets improve by +5,000 gp (to 27,600 gp).

The next few days in Farshore are filled with celebration marred only by funerals for those who fell to the assault. The colonists have grown stronger by surviving the ordeal, and each of you are held as local heroes.

Lavinia Vanderboren wins election as the mayor of Farshore.

Lavinia puts on a brave face during these days, but the revelation of her brother's fate (Vanthus Vanderboren) has given her much to ponder. With your support, she soon recovers and is stronger than before, bolstered by the knowledge that Vanthus can no longer cause pain to her and her friends and eager to get on with her life.

Vanthus' body is buried in Farshore cemetery, in a lonely plot to the south marked only by a simple wooden stake carved with the Vanderboren family crest--Lavinia's sole concession to any remaining shred of humanity that might have lingered in her brother's corrupted soul.

It takes several days to sort through the loot captured from the pirates, but papers recovered from the Brine Harlot indicate that the Crimson Fleet has been to the Isle of Dread before, to meet in a cove on the northern coast with a group referred to as the "Lords of Dread." Further investigation reveals something even more chilling--it seems that there are more shadow pearls out there...

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